Self-cultivation takes us just as we are with our confusion and our sanity, it gives us time alone with ourselves. In time it teaches you to accept who you are, as you are or an unconditional friendliness with ourselves; a simple direct relationship with the way we are.
When you compete, study your competition for their strengths and weaknesses and place yourself strategically. A competitor trains their body and mind to perfection, seeking to eliminate as many of their own vulnerabilities as possible.
To cleanse oneself of contaminations such as anger or self-absorption, practice undiscriminating virtue. To practice virtue, give without limitations, without prejudice and without expectations. If your willingness to give is limited, so is your ability to receive.
If one’s strength is great, one can progress and contribute one’s talent to society, but your motivation should be pure. Being too firm in one’s character will lead to difficulties in dealing with society. If you are not firm enough, you will find it difficult to deal with everyday life.
Quote: The person who never alters his opinions is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind.